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No. 5 butt plate removal issue

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shazbot	No. 5 butt plate removal issue	Lead	[-]
Posts: 36 (09/30/09 05:36 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tags : None Just got my No. 5 this afternoon. Heavily shellaced and painted, nice looking bore. Disassembled as soon as I got it home to give it a once over, but I cannot get the buttplate off. When I turn the top screw all it does is turn the bottom screw. All of the dissassembly info I have found shows 2 short screws holding the buttplate on. These 2 screws are definitely connected somehow and I can only get them to loosen up so much. put a screwdriver in each and did some turning,got about 1/8 of an inch of the screw backed out. Put a little oil in the gap to see if I could loosen it. Don't want to force anything. Has anyone else had this issue and if so what was your solution? -Shazbot How do I stop some big mean mother hubbard from tearing me a structurally superfluous new behind? The answer is a gun, and if that don't work use more gun.
Bear43		#1	[-]
Posts: 598 (09/30/09 10:09 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	One is a long screw and the other receives it. Just use 2 screwdrivers and have at it, it will come out. Like you noted, they can be gummed up and rusted together so patience and penetrating oil do help. Just keep working at it and you'll get it out.
6MD		#2	[-]
Posts: 7 (09/30/09 10:12 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Mine has two screws mating about an inch and a half from one end they go right through the buttstock, the short screw is female and the long screw male(the long screw was on top). You could just try doing it up then loosening it off again until it starts to go a little bit more each time. Mine were hard to start with too but loosened up in the end.
shazbot		#3	[-]
Posts: 37 (09/30/09 10:17 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Ok, thanks guys, that's kind of what I figured. Letting some oil work on it and I figured I'd ask . How do I stop some big mean mother hubbard from tearing me a structurally superfluous new behind? The answer is a gun, and if that don't work use more gun.
shazbot		#4	[-]
Posts: 39 (10/03/09 06:57 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	ok, so after leaving the rifle overnight with some oil soaking into the screws all they did was snap. So i guess i'm going to have to look for some replacements of some kind. How do I stop some big mean mother hubbard from tearing me a structurally superfluous new behind? The answer is a gun, and if that don't work use more gun.

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